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Gathering Political Intelligence: Masterclass

March 4, 2022 by Colin Gautrey

This is such an important topic, and one that often appears intimidating, either because of the scale of the task, or the fear it evokes. In this Masterclass snipped, I explore the barriers to entry, high level processes and also, important points to remember. Of course, to get deeper into this topic, take a look at the online course, Mastering the Politics, which contains these processes, and many more to enable you to learn how to handle the politics with ease. Read More

Filed Under: Gautrey Live, Recent

Office Politics: Developing Your Political Skills

February 7, 2022 by Colin Gautrey

Coming back, once again, to this old chestnut, Office Politics. Such a vital dynamic to learn how to handle well, and with confidence. In this, the second part of our Gautrey Live Masterclass, I share five specific areas to focus the development of your political skills.

How to Develop Your Political Skills

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Filed Under: Gautrey Live, Recent

Exploring the People Pleasing Problem

October 18, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

October's Gautrey Live session was a fascinating discussion on topic of People Pleasing. Below you will find the video snippets shared for Private Clients who were not able to attend. As always, the video is limited to my responses and presentations to protect the privacy of clients. We ran out of time, so the next Gautrey Live session will continue this topic with a deeper look at the psychology behind the Need for Recognition (November 1st, 6pm UK). Read More

Filed Under: Gautrey Live

Avoiding Hostility: Contingent Actions

October 1, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Many are plagued by hostile relationships at work, and in life. and resolving these situations can take a great deal of effort, energy and emotions. Much better, would be to develop your modus operandi to make these situations far less likely to occur int he first place. A little like quality improvement - reducing the risk of errors rather than looking for widgets that fail. Here is a short snippet from Gautrey Live where I share a few ideas on how you can do this. Read More

Filed Under: Gautrey Live

Hostility: Adopting the Optimum Mindset

October 1, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

During Gautrey Live in September, we had a far reaching discussion on how to handle hostile stakeholders, and this highlight for many was the topic of mindset, i.e. what is the best mindset to adopt when facing up to a hostile stakeholder. Read More

Filed Under: Gautrey Live

Motives of a Hostile Stakeholder

October 1, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Fascinating discussion on what might lie behind the behaviour of a hostile stakeholder. More importantly, we got onto the ideas on how to face up to the hostility, including an extending topic of "saying sorry". Listen to these snippets from our Gautrey Live discussion and reflect on how this may apply to your situation right now. Read More

Filed Under: Gautrey Live

Will Your Influence Profile Change Over Time?

August 8, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

You can complete the Influence Profile, but will the result change over a period of time? Here's my answer. Read More

Filed Under: Client Confidential, Gautrey Live

Avoiding Distracting Behaviour

August 8, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Once you become familiar with the behaviours in the Influence Profile, you can start to remove the distraction, both you being distracted by others, and also you distracting others with your own behaviour. Read More

Filed Under: Client Confidential, Gautrey Live

Exploring the Implications of Different Styles

August 6, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Here are the snippets from a fascinating Let's Talk session on Behaviours that Distract. It was a good long session, and was difficult to clip out the participants voices, but I think what we have here will serve very well in the absence of being there, or as an aide memoire. The includes topics covered include: Read More

Filed Under: Client Confidential, Gautrey Live

Quick Overview of the Influence Profile

August 6, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Here is a quick introduction to the Influence Profile dimensions, and also an explanation of how the scoring work. Read More

Filed Under: Client Confidential, Gautrey Live

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